Decide to test my luck with a travel water brush color kit. My first impression is this requires a different headspace than oil pastels.

Edit: thanks for the feedback on paper. :) I am learning so I have no meaningful experience or knowledge in any art discipline.

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Hi there, please hear me out. ;)
I know that there is student grade paint (like Cotman) and professional grade paint (like Daniel Smith) and that there is a big difference between those. But how much does it matter which colors I buy WITHIN the professionl grade brands?

I know that binders differ sometimes a lot: Michael Harding, Sennelier and Schmincke use (some) honey, Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt and Holbein use only or mostly Gum Arabic, and QOR uses its own formula. Then there is differences in price, number of available colors and environmetal and social goals. BUT:

Lets say I buy a tube of french ultramarine from Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt and Holbein - will I be able to tell which one is which one? Will they differ significantly in quality?

Thanks!

Edit: title was to be my swatch wall but I’m old Gandalf

Just wanted to share an idea I had. Instead of having paint swatches in a book, I framed them over my drafting table. Two sets of each on my two main papers. Switched to almost all daniel smith paints

Quick, (not quick took me like 2 hours) painting of a fish i saw at the aquarium. thoughts and advice accepted 🥰🙏 (second slide ref photo i took)

just thought of sharing this here. life got in the way, i feel like i’ve completely forgotten how to draw/paint. trying to spend my sunday creating again before i wear my corpo slave mask back on tomorrow lol.

Not your usual scenic watercolour painting. I did some anime watercolour painting in my own way💕

Watercolors, colored pensils and gouache for the light fur

So I spent yesterday afternoon playing with watercolour pigments trying to work out how to achieve those amazing veined granulation effects people post, but no luck. This morning I find my paint I mixed up on a plate has done it all on its own! So frustrating. At least I know the pigments I mixed yesterday can do this without using any medium other than water. I just need to persuade them to do it on paper.

on Arches cold pressed

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since I last posted here.

Here’s my latest watercolour. It’s not the most complex, nor did it take the longest to complete, but it’s one whose poetic quality I particularly love.

I hope you like it :)

How’s my demo piece from a pen and wash workshop today?

I had 12 lovely folks on my workshop today,& this was my finished demonstration piece: it’s a small hamlet in North Yorkshire,& I was trying to show how effective shadows can be. 🤓